San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-11-17
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, II, 1887.
THE MIGHTY METROPOLIS.

While the situation In Ireland grows
more and more distressing every day,
the situation In London grows more and
more alarming. That Ireland's fight Is
to be wsged in Wales and Scotland and
10 England herself is only too apparent.
The leaders Of the Irish cause see no ne
cessity for remaining in their own coun-
try, where only stripes and imprison-
ments await them. when the fight can
be more sffectuslly carried on outside
her territory. The vic, 0ry for Ireland is
to be won in the English parliament and
to do that the lrish cause must be made
potent In the other sections OF the Brit
ish Islands. Scotland is already well
placed to range her parliamentary
forces side by side with Ireland in the
great struggle for home rule and Wales
is rapidly falling into line. England is
being gradually revOlutiOnized on this
question OF tory expressions in Ireland
and, we're an election ordered today, the
Salisbury cabinet could not count on
being sustained by the country one
hour.
An important factor in this battle for
Irish liberty is the Irish element in
London. This immense city contains
more Irishmen than the city of Dublin,
and these masses are by no means un-
interested observers of the situation at
homa amnpu thair onuntrvman oprnsa
the channel. England may find after
all, or rather the English Tory govern
ment which misrepresents English ideas
in the government OF Ireland may find,
that nothing has been gained by carry
ing the war into Ireland to the COM
PEELED expatriatiOn of those who lead
this movement. These men, driven out
OF Ireland will find refuge in all the
large cities of England and stir up dis
content that viii make all England
culver In alarm. No one who notes the
situation but will be quite ready to be-
lieve that the recent disturbance at
Trafalgar square had many Irishmen to
help swell the ranks Of the crowds and
egg them on to a determined stand
against the right to hold a public de-
mOnstration. The fact, recently cabled
over, that 10000 special constabIes have
been sworn in the city of London alone
to preserve the peace, is its
own comment upon the dis
turbed condition of the city and the
grave fears entertained for its safety.
1t is no harder to starve in Ireland than
In London, and no easier. There is more
connection between Ireland and London
than this tory government is prepared
as yet to acknowledge. Let them, how
ever, starve O'Brien TO death, as they are
slowly doing, in Tullamore jail, and per-
petrats other equally damnable deeds
OF injustice and horrid cruelty.
and the sense OF such wrongs rank
ling 10 the Irish breast may make
all England red with oonfisgration.
The events Of the past week or two
have taught the Irish leaders, and the
Irish masses who will not follow any
leadership but their own we'll justified
hate, that the war can be more de-
struotively carried on In English cities,
under cover Of English discomfort and
distress, than on Irish soil. The pres
ence Of such mob as England's capital
saw surging through her streets four
days since is enough to strike terror in
to the hearts of tyrants. England, and
particularly London, is on dangerously
explosive mine, and it is the very height
of folly to tempt destruction by such
measures as were resorted to at Trsfal-
gar square.